My loving girlfriend just got me this for Christmas. First off I love it. It's well made, durable and fun to put together for the most part. The instructions are very helpful until one key part. It dosn't tell or show you how to attach the sling to the strings. It just says "tie a string to each end" Either I'm mentality retarded or the company over looked this. I'm a 25 year old and was an engineer in the military and for the life of me can't do it. Also the string supplied untangles very easily meaning you have to cut off a new bit of string every couple of times you try and fail to attach the sling. A suggestion on which knot to use and a step by step demonstration of this process would of been nice.
Still buy it, it's brilliant but do what I had too. Use your own (better) string and cut up an old sock as a sling. Its much more easier.
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The actual process of putting it together isn't that complicated or difficult, but it takes a LONG time to get everything cut out and trimmed (about 2 hours). However, it's entirely worth it! It's so much fun! It takes a little practice getting it cocked (which the instructions tell you will happen), but once you get the hand of it, it works great! Could use a little more detail on tying the sling, that took some trial and error too, but hey, that's science!
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The kit is very well made, durable, and easy to assemble. Throws a six gram wooden ball with amazing force, easily over forty feet with 200 grams of counterweight. A great demonstration of mechanical energy and leverage at work, fun for kids of all ages. Highly reccomended.
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My 11 year old son is a science/build it kind of kid. He put it together on his own (although I think we'll go back and wood glue it in some spots. He and his older brother have launched stuff all over the house during this yucky spring weather. It needs to be weighted down depending on how heavy your launching object is. It's not that big so the objects are smaller. But lots of fun.
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It stands about a foot tall and requires some tweeking. The instructions come with some words of wisdom on how to operate. It makes sence and one can wing it after reading the fundamentals of it all.
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